Amy and Isabelle
Author: Elizabeth Strout
Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout’s bestselling and award winning debut, Amy and Isabelle—adapted for television by Oprah Winfrey— evokes a teenager’s alienation from her distant mother—and a parent’s rage at the discovery of her daughter’s sexual secrets.In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and….Read More
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